Razor-blade holder.



MAPSTE'N. l RAZQR BLADE HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 31. 1915.

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,Max arsfrnrn, or scorn NORWALK, CONNECTICUT.

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Specification of Iletters Patent. I

Patented Oct., 17, 1916.

Application led December 31; '1915. ISerial No. 69,660.

To all whom t may concer/n:

zen of the United States, residing at South Norwalk inA the county ofFairfield and lBe it known that l, MAX A'Ps'rniN, a citi- State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Razor-Blade Holders; and T. do hereby declare the following to be'afullLclear, and exact description of the invention, such vas will enableothers skilled in the art to which it apperteins to make and use thesame.

, This'invention relates to vnew and useful improvements in a razorblade holder, and one of its objects is the provision of a de vice ofthis character, which shall be simple, durable and eliicient, and which.may be manufactured and Vsold at a comparatively blade upon the pegs atal times.

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Aiurther object of this invention is the provision of a pair of handleshinged together et. one of their ends and provided with a strop engagingporticato support a razor blade in an inclined or sharpening position ona strop.

A still further object of this invention is the 'provision of a pair ofpegs secured to one oi' the handles and received in alining sockets ofthe other handle, when the handles are in closed position to receive andclamp a razor blade therebetween, and one of the pegs is inclined in thedirection of the other peg to securel hold said razor 1 With these andother objects inA view as. will becom'e more apparent as the descriptionproceeds, the invention consists in certain novel 'features ofconstruction, combination an arrangment of parts as will be hereinaftermore fully described and claimed. h

For a complete understanding of my in vention, reerence is to be had tothe following description and accompanying drawing,l in Which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a razor blade holder constructed inaccordance with my invention, illustrating an ordinary Gillette razorblade clamped in position, Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View,taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, illustrated in dotted lines one of thehandles raised to a vertical position, Fig. 3 is a side elevationillustrating the handles 'in an openposltion, and Fig. si is a detailsectional View taken on the une 4 4 0f Fig. 1.

ldeferring in detail to the' drawings, -1 and 2 indicate handles securedtogether by a hinge 3 and the handle l is provided with a pair of pegs tand 5, which are received in abn-ing sockets 6 and 7 of the handle 2,

when the handles l and`2 are in closed posin tion. The handle 2 is movedto an open position as illustrated in Fig. 2 or IFig. 3 and a razor4blade 8 having openings therein is received upon-the handle 1 and thepegs Il and 5 pass therethrough. The peg't'i's inclined in the directionof the peg 5 to cause a slight reduced space between the upper end ofthe pegs 4 and 5 to firmly hold the razor blade 8 upon the pegs. Therazor blade 8 isr first positioned on the peg 5 and the operator thenbears 'downwardly with the thumb and foreiinger upon the center of theblade 8 which will cause it `to bend :intermediate its length and passover the end of the inclined peg 1i. After the blade 8 has passed overthe end of the peg 4 it will spring back to its normal position andfirmly clampitself upon the pegs i and 5. The operator may then carrythe handles around in en open position if desired without 'the danger ofthe razor blade 8`siippin or falling from the pegs 4 and 5.

The handles2 and 3 are provided with strop engaging faces 9 and 10 withinclined edges 1l and l2, providing means for supporting the razor bladeI8 in an inclined or sharpening position upon a strop so as to provide aproper incline to the-blade 8, when the operator draws the device-overthe strop to sharpen the edges of the razor blade.

ln operation the razor blade 8 is placed upon the pegs 4C and 5 and thehandle 2 is f closed downwardly upon the handle 1 firmly holding saidblade 8 between the handles 2 and 3 against any movement. The operator.then draws the handles 1 and 2 downwardly over a stropJ in closedposition which will support the blade 8 in an inclined or sharpeningposition and on the upward stroke oi.'

the strop, the handles are rolled on one of the strop engaging facesuntil the blade 8 assumes a reverse incline or sharpeningpositionY tosharpen the opposite edge of the razor blade 8.

Having thus described my inventio l what I claim 4is l A razor bladeholder comprising a pair of handles, a hinge secured to one end of eachof said handles, one of said handles pro-:-

vided with a, paix of sockots :md om of smid sockets inclined iii thedirect-ion oi" the otlwi' socket, und av pair oi pogjs secured 'to thoother bandi@ nud reoeiied by the sockets to support u razor binde lwtwmniii@ iinmiios, one oflio pegs' is inclined in the diiocioi of the otherpeg to coperatie with the iucliied sockts 'to hold the i'uzoi bindefix-miv mso-1,9m

upon the pegs when the handles are opened and Closed positionb ioNitesses JOE BERGER, JOE BINMAX.

